Re: Twilight II updates (was Re: Screen Saver)

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <32mjlb$fnc@news.iastate.edu>,
Ian Schmidt <irsman@iastate.edu> wrote:
>In article <32mfra$b68@gap.cco.caltech.edu> nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
>
>>    - Much less system usage. For example, there is no change from
>>      shiftbooting on the Dhrystone included with GNO for me. (And,
>>      the optimizations aren't done yet)
>
>Nathan nathan nathan.  T2 is on an interrupt and so is GNO's process
>switcher, so it wouldn't budge dhrystone anyway.  What we need is a
>DOCVu-type thing that shows % of cpu spent in heartbeat tasks...bet T2
>would bury the needle.

   When are you going to learn about interrupts on the GS? From what
you're saying here, T2 is pushing GNO's task switcher out because it
takes too much time. Bullshit. GNO task switches just fine, even at
0.6Mhz. A heartbeat task does not get lost like a character on the
serial port; it is merely delayed.


>Ian, who prefers 57600 port speeds to 'fluff'.
>The original Sound & Music God, and author of the A2 Sound & Music FAQ.
                            ^^^
   Others have accused you of meglomania. I'll let you speak for yourself.

   You've had a fairly longstanding opposition to T2; this line says
more about why you don't like it than anything else in public. Just
because you cannot be the king of the hill here doesn't mean that it
is to be shunned. Although it doesn't show up much here, on IRC you've
made lots of very critical comments about other GS programs, like GNO
and DRWM. Does the fact that you tried to make challengers but failed
miserably explain your attitudes there also? You have got a problem
with your ego, Ian; a little honesty as to the source of your opposition
would go a long way to explaining your otherwise irrational comments.

Nathan Mates
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